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By selling crops below MSP, farmers have been denied income of Rs 1,900 crore in the last 2 months
Prices for crops like jowar and bajra were below MSP by as much as 50%.
@dheerajmishra04 & I analyse price data. https://thewire.in/agriculture/farmers-protest-msp-procurement-average-notional-losses-rs-1900-crore
Prices for crops like jowar and bajra were below MSP by as much as 50%.
@dheerajmishra04 & I analyse price data. https://thewire.in/agriculture/farmers-protest-msp-procurement-average-notional-losses-rs-1900-crore
Except for paddy in Punjab & Haryana and Urad in Maharashtra and Karnataka, avg prices of most crops in most states were well below MSP.
Even paddy prices in UP, Chhattisgarh & Telangana were 15% below MSP.
Even paddy prices in UP, Chhattisgarh & Telangana were 15% below MSP.
The most sizeable losses came in Maize whose prices have suffered this year. In Oct and Nov, prices were below MSP by as much as 40% in major producing states. The total loss in maize was Rs 485 crore
Even paddy farmers in states other than Haryana and Punjab suffered losses
Even paddy farmers in states other than Haryana and Punjab suffered losses
Overall farmers in all major agricultural states, with the exception of Punjab & Haryana, saw net losses.
In Karnataka, prices for maize, soybean, groundnut, moong, bajra, cotton, jowar, ragi and paddy were below the MSP in both the months.
In Karnataka, prices for maize, soybean, groundnut, moong, bajra, cotton, jowar, ragi and paddy were below the MSP in both the months.
